Samuel D. Purviance

Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (7 January 1774-1806) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NC 7) from 1803 to 1805, succeeding William B. Grove and preceding Duncan McFarlan.

Biography
Samuel Dinsmore Purviance was born near Wilmington, North Carolina in 1774, and he became a lawyer in Fayetteville and a large plantation owner. He served in the House of Commons from 1798 to 1799, a state senator in 1801, and a member of the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805, and he died in 1806.